Eric R. Bardwell

Eric R. Bardwell is a distinguished attorney located in Anaheim, California, with a comprehensive focus on wealth transfer planning. His expertise spans estate planning, charitable planning, business succession planning, and post-death administration. Mr. Bardwell is adept at helping individuals and families minimize estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes through strategic use of wills, trusts, business entities, and charitable organizations. He employs gifts, sales, and other wealth-transfer strategies to achieve efficient results.

Mr. Bardwell collaborates closely with each client's team of advisors, including accountants, investment advisors, and insurance agents, to ensure the seamless accomplishment of personal planning and wealth preservation goals. He also provides guidance on estate and trust administration, probate administration, and the preparation of gift and estate tax returns. Recognized for his expertise, he has been designated as a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization.

From 2014 to 2019, Mr. Bardwell was honored as one of Southern California's Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine, a distinction awarded to only 2.5% of attorneys under the age of 40 in the region.

During his law school years, Mr. Bardwell gained valuable experience serving as a judicial extern to the Honorable Gary Allen Feess in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He also contributed as the Literary Editor for the Pepperdine Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law.